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Refusing solids
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My DD is 12months old, will be 13 soon. She is living on breastmilk still. I have tried various times with various foods to get her to eat solids but she just wont do it. If i give her chicken she will eat a bit, but not so much for fruits and veggies. Occasionally she will eat some grapes but hardly enough for me to consider weaning her. She hates to be fed and prefers self feeding. I am very worried about how she is going to survive when she has to go to daycare at 15mths. Did anyone else deal with something like this. Nitu |
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On Jul 8, 5:53?pm, nitu wrote:
Hi My DD is 12months old, will be 13 soon. She is living on breastmilk still. I have tried various times with various foods to get her to eat solids but she just wont do it. If i give her chicken she will eat a bit, but not so much for fruits and veggies. Occasionally she will eat some grapes but hardly enough for me to consider weaning her. She hates to be fed and prefers self feeding. I am very worried about how she is going to survive when she has to go to daycare at 15mths. Did anyone else deal with something like this. Nitu No my kids all took to their solids eagerly when they were ready for them. The latest one was around 9 months or so before he decided he was up for it. How long have you been trying the solids? If just recently, it will take some time. To get her used to fruits, you can try fruit yogurt smoothies - blending them up with vanilla-flavored yogurt. I would say just keep trying. She will eventually give it a go. Start with things of varying textures too, as she might have an aversion to the sticky, wet, and cold things for now, especially if she isn't able to use her fork and spoon yet. Some babies can actually be neat freaks and can't stand to get messy. If that is the case, I would probably try to find one of those bottles made for cereal and pureed baby foods with the nipple hole larger and the base that moves up as the food is consumed -- just to get her used to the new tastes and past the texture part. She should find out just how yummy some foods are despite their perceived messiness. |
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On Jul 8, 5:53?pm, nitu wrote:
.. ?Did anyone else deal with something like this. Yes. My now-six-year-old was probably 95% breastfed until he was close to two. He spat out baby food. He was--and is--very, very picky. He still will not eat ANY fruits or vegetables, only milk, meat, juice, and bread products. It may work in your favor that your baby has to go to daycare. Without you there to nurse her, she may be willing to try more solids. Until then, breastmilk basically has everything in it she needs anyway. Offer her lots of different things, let her feed them to herself, and don't make a big deal out of it. Leslie |
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Thank you both. I too hope that my DD will try different things since
i wont be available at daycare. She also has some allergies not quite certain which ones so that makes it also very difficult. Its good to hear breastmilk has everything in it as people keep telling me that its not enough and she needs to eat more solids. Nitu |
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nitu wrote: My DD is 12months old, will be 13 soon. She is living on breastmilk still. I have tried various times with various foods to get her to eat solids but she just wont do it. If i give her chicken she will eat a bit, but not so much for fruits and veggies. Occasionally she will eat some grapes but hardly enough for me to consider weaning her. She hates to be fed and prefers self feeding. I am very worried about how she is going to survive when she has to go to daycare at 15mths. Did anyone else deal with something like this. I didn't, but I'd recommend letting her self-feed. At her age, just put a little bit of each food that you eat onto her tray and let her decide what to do with them. Just a morsel of each is enough, otherwise too much ends up on the floor. Replace each item with a new one when she eats it. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue |
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On Jul 10, 3:43 am, Chookie wrote:
In article . com, nitu wrote: My DD is 12months old, will be 13 soon. She is living on breastmilk still. I have tried various times with various foods to get her to eat solids but she just wont do it. If i give her chicken she will eat a bit, but not so much for fruits and veggies. Occasionally she will eat some grapes but hardly enough for me to consider weaning her. She hates to be fed and prefers self feeding. I am very worried about how she is going to survive when she has to go to daycare at 15mths. Did anyone else deal with something like this. I didn't, but I'd recommend letting her self-feed. At her age, just put a little bit of each food that you eat onto her tray and let her decide what to do with them. Just a morsel of each is enough, otherwise too much ends up on the floor. Replace each item with a new one when she eats it. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue I had a baby that was breast fed for 18 months without any supplement at all. He wouldn't eat solids either, so I worried that I had to continue to breast fed or he'd starve. Well, when I got really sick and ended up in the hospital the dr. said no more nursing....he'll eat, just give him time. You know he did too. By the time I got out of the hospital (2-3days) he was sitting in his high chair eating like a good boy. He didn't even want to nurse then. So just hang in there, she won't starve....she'll eat when she's hungry.... |
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